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Percent Distribution of Total Annual
Expenditures by Major Category, 2001–2004
| Item |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Average annual expenditures |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
| Food |
13.5 |
13.2 |
13.1 |
13.3 |
| Food at home |
7.8 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
| Food away from home |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
| Alcoholic beverages |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
| Housing |
32.9 |
32.7 |
32.9 |
32.1 |
| Apparel and services |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
| Transportation |
19.3 |
19.1 |
19.1 |
18.0 |
| Vehicles |
9.1 |
9.0 |
9.1 |
7.8 |
| Gasoline and motor oil |
3.2 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
| Other transportation |
7.0 |
7.0 |
6.7 |
6.5 |
| Healthcare |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
| Entertainment |
4.9 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
| Personal care products and
services |
1.2% |
1.3% |
1.3% |
1.3% |
| Reading |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| Education |
1.6 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
| Tobacco products and smoking
supplies |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
| Miscellaneous |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
| Cash contributions |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
| Personal insurance and
pensions |
9.5 |
9.6 |
9.9 |
11.1 |
| Life and other personal
insurance |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
| Pensions and Social Security |
8.4 |
8.6 |
9.0 |
10.2 |
1. Includes expenditures for alcoholic
beverages, personal care products and services, reading, education, and
tobacco products and supplies, as well as cash contributions and
miscellaneous expenditures.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures in 2004.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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